{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-20I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-20I.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/70",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985",
  "path": "section/20I",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20I",
  "heading": "Right of landlord to obtain costs attributable to permitted insurance payments",
  "text": "(1) It is an implied term of a lease under which a service charge is payable that, if the landlord incurs costs attributable to a permitted insurance payment, the tenant must pay the landlord the amount of those costs.\n(2) Such an amount—\n(a) is a variable service charge for the purposes of section 18, and the provisions of this Act relating to service charges apply accordingly;\n(b) is payable irrespective of whether a lease, contract or other arrangement provides for it to be payable as a service charge.\n(3) A lease, contract or other arrangement is of no effect to the extent it would limit the amount payable by the tenant under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 20G-20I inserted (6.11.2026 for E. for specified purposes) by Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (c. 22), ss. 59, 124(3) (with s. 71); S.I. 2026/1128, reg. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/20I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:39:22.013390+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}